The boatman Curro Jiménez, due to the harassment of some wealthy people who take away his work and beat him up, assumes revenge by killing four men going underground.

Curro Jiménez meets three companions to form his band of bandits.

Curro Jiménez and his cronies get into an affair to get a fortune in gold coins.

Curro Jiménez, nostalgic, decides to go see his old mother. There he meets a young woman who helps the old woman, apparently selflessly. Actually, this is a spy sent there by an enemy of the bandit.

Curro Jiménez and his men storm a gambling house. They chase and separate them. Each one takes a path to meet in a castle and get the money back.

One of Curro Jiménez's men is murdered at a gypsy party. The bandit is caught when he goes to notify the death to his friend's parents, but manages to escape and take revenge.

An English journalist, a correspondent for the London Times, arrives in Andalusia to interview Curro Jiménez to publish his biography. But it is not so easy to find him.

A man persecuted by justice is pardoned for having captured the real culprit. After two years of absence, he arrives at his house where he finds that his stepbrother has taken over his farm and his legitimate wife.

Curro appears dying and takes refuge in the house of a mother and daughter who take care of him. He has lost his memory and does not know who he is, but there are those who recognize him and seek the reward.

El Estudiante returns to visit a young invalid with whom he has been having an affair. The peaceful home life and Carmen's demands make El Estudiante leave his life as a bandit. He surrenders himself to justice, but things get complicated and Curro Jiménez comes to his aid.

While on a surveillance mission, El Algarrobo has a strange experience with a young lady who lives isolated in a mysterious forest.